Pictures: Lost landmark buildings of Hampton Roads

Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg

Completed in 1722, this cavernous 10,140-square-foot dwelling inspired scores of Virginia plantation houses. It burned in 1781. This period view was preserved on a copper printing plate and played a pivotal role in the landmark's reconstruction.

Hampton Roads boasts a long list of lost architectural landmarks going back to the first large buildings erected in Williamsburg during the 1700s. Here are some of the structures that dominated the landscape here before they were razed or destroyed by fire. -- Mark St. John Erickson Click here to find more Hampton Roads History photo galleries.